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lUNirEi) STATES SAMUEL L. I'IANNON AND MARY A. J ORDAN, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

RESPIRATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0,611,478, dated September 27, 1898.

Application filed DecemherS, 1897. strain). 660,665. (No model.)

T0 at whmn it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL L. HANNON and MARY A. JORDAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Respirators; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

Our invention has relation to respirators or inhalers; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide a respirator or inhaler adapted to be inserted in the nostrils or to be placed in the mouth, the respirator consisting of ahollow receptacle, a removable perforated plug closing one end thereof, the said receptacle having in its upper conical portion perforations and the lower cylindrical portion of the said receptacle being imperforated. The receptacle is adapted to hold cotton or other suitable absorbent material, the said material being first treated or soaked in suitable medicines or drugs.

The further object of the invention is to provide an inhaler or respirator especially adapted to be used in the nose, a separate inhaler or-respirator being provided for each nostril. The said inhalers or respirators are inserted in the nostrils,'and the nostrils of the nose contracting hold the respirators or inhalers in place, the lining of the nose coming in contact with the imperforated conical portions of the inhalers or respirators. The inhalers or respirators may be connected by a chain or other suitable connection if deemed desirable or necessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a representation of a head, showing the respirators or inhalers dotted in place in the nose. .Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the nasal respirators or inhalers; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the inhaler or respirator adapted to be used in the mouth.

The part 1 forms thereceptacle of the respirator or inhaler. The said receptacle is hollowinitsinterior, and the upper conical portion ofthe receptacle is provided with a number of perforations 2 leading into the hollow interior. The lower cylindrical portion 3 is imperforated and is adapted to come in' contact with the lining of the nostrils. The lower portion of the section 3 is provided with an internal thread 4. A plug 5 is adapted to close the end of the receptacle 1, said plug having an exterior thread about its periphery adapted to engage the thread 4, the said plug being perforated and having an extending flange 6, said flange passing beyond the edges of the receptacle 1, the periphery of said flange 6 being preferably milled.

As far as thus described, the respirators or inhalers, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are constructed alike, with the exception that the article as shown in Fig. 3 is larger in dimensions than that shown in Fig. 2. In the form of the device shown in Fig. 2, which is adapted especiallyto be inserted in the nostrils, the eye 7 is swiveled in one of the perforations of the plug 5, the chain 8 being secured at each end to the eye 7. Thus the two respirators or inhalers are connected together.

In the form of the invention as shown in Fig. 3 the eye 7 and chain 8 are dispensed with, and in lieu thereof a knob 9 is attached to the plug 5, said knob affording a means for' readily removing the respirator or inhaler from the month.

When the respirator, as shown in Fig. 2, is inserted in place in the nostrils, the lining of the nostrils comes in contact with the imperforated portions 30f the receptacles 1. The-said portions being smooth, there is no tendency to irritate the lining of the nostrils. At the same time the contents of the respirators come in direct contact with the lining of the nostrils.

The cotton or otherabsorbent material 9 is located within the receptacle 1,- and the said cotton may be treated with any suitable drug or medicine, the cotton holding the said drug or medicine in suspension and thus facilitating evaporation as the air is drawn through the perforations of the plug 5 and the perforations 2 of the receptacle 1. This evaporation is carried through the air-passages of the head and into the lungs, and the cotton 9 may be soaked or treated with any medicine adapted to cure or avoid diseases of the nose, throat, or lungs.

The respirator or inhaler, as shown, is maintained in its proper position in the nose or mouth without the necessity of using either hand. The article may be Worn for days without interfering with the wearer,or it may be inserted at nights and removed in the morning.

The device as herein described can also be used to advantage in mills or fertilizer-factories where the atmosphere contains detrimental or dangerous dusts or in any other place or places where such dusts are in the atmosphere. The cotton 9 will catch and retain the dusts, and the said cotton can be treated with a certain drug that will destroy all microbes that pass into the respirator. Thus the wearer is insured of breathing purified air. The device can also be worn by persons entering sick-rooms, and the air will be purified as above described.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A respirator consisting of a lower cylindrical imperforated shell and an upper conical multiperforate portion integral therewith, a removable multiperforated plug adapted to close the end of the receptacle, the device being adapted to be retained within the nostril by frictional contact.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL L. I-IANNON. MARY A. JORDAN. Witnesses:

A. E. GLASCOOK, HENRY 0. JORDAN. 

